Re: [ihc] Hofs and his charging

["Jim or Ginger Aos" <jaos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hofstetter" <hofs@domain.elided>
To: "Joel M Brodsky" <jmbrodsky@domain.elided>
Cc: <ihc@domain.elided>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [ihc] Hofs and his charging


> On Jul 21, 2004, at 1:11 PM, Joel M Brodsky wrote:
>
> > Hofs,
> >       It was my impression that Optima, Odyssey and other AGM (Absorbed
> > Glass Mat batteries) as well as true gel-cell batteries are not
> > supposed to
> > be 'overcharged' or charged to a point where the might boil so that
> > they do
> > not damage the internals.  A wet cell lead acid battery can usually
> > accept
> > an overcharging because the water/acid mix serves to act as a heat
> > sink on
> > so much of the surface, but the AGM and Gel batteries can't move the
> > fluid
> > fast enough to cool the spot internally where they start to boil.  So,
> > lead
> > acids, overcharging is okay, but AGM and Gel, not okay?
> >
> > JoelB
>
> Joel,
>
> I guess you got a charge out of this discussion.
>
> I'm nearly positive that you are correct, and I asked the Odyssey
> question facetiously. Odyssey calls their battery a "Dry Cell". Is it
> an AGM battery,  and I don't ask this question facetiously?
>
If I understand correctly, facetious is one of the few words that have all
the regular vowels in one word in order.  If you want ALL the vowels then
you use the adjective facetiously.  Do you know what other words fit that
catogory?  Jim A.

> Maybe I better go look.
>
>
> John Hofstetter
> Ol' Saline
> www.goldrush.com/~hofs